Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!columbia!rutgers!caip!brl-adm!brl-smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: ATT SVR3 distribution Message-ID: <4357@brl-smoke.ARPA> Date: Sat, 4-Oct-86 01:55:18 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-smok.4357 Posted: Sat Oct 4 01:55:18 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Oct-86 20:36:45 EDT References: <4325@brl-smoke.ARPA> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) ) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 19 In article <4325@brl-smoke.ARPA> Mitchell Lerner writes: >I (personaly) just see that ATT could have been more considerate of developers >that are makeing THEIR system valuable by not throwing away facilities that we >take as being part of our development environment. As near as I can tell, the powers-that-be at ATTIS view UNIX primarily in the context of being packaged with their hardware (e.g. 3B2s) for sale to end users, rather than as a product aimed primarily at software developers (who provide the actual applications that the end user really cares about). For a dramatic illustration of the difference between these audiences, check out the Apple Macintosh software development facilities versus the typical friendly user-oriented Mac application program user interface. I think AT&T is making a big mistake by not realizing that UNIX's design and packaging should be targeted primarily at the needs of the application developer. The "iron mongers" should not be making the decisions about the operating system software, since they have the wrong point of view.